Is Hollywood ready for Asians to fall in love? Constance Wu, who charmed television audiences as the lion-hearted matriarch Jessica Huang in ABC’s Fresh Off the Boat and now stars as the female lead in Jon M. Chu’s big-screen rom-com Crazy Rich Asians, feels it’s about time people stopped asking …
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Stevie Wonder remembered his longtime friend Aretha Franklin in an interview with CBS This Morning Friday, a day after the legendary singer’s death at the age of 76. Wonder visited Franklin’s Detroit home Tuesday following reports that the Queen of Soul was “gravely ill.” “She wasn’t able to speak back, …
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With drummer OJ Jackson keeping time on a plastic bucket and bass player J. Kott plucking away on an acoustic four-string, Brent Cobb and his band lay down a filthy rhythm in a backstage warm-up session, performing the cautionary “.30-06” off Cobb’s terrific new album Providence Canyon. Filmed prior to …
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Anyone missing Dillinger Escape Plan after they disconnected their ping-ponging, ill-angled math machine hasn’t needed too much time to catch their breath. Michigan weirdos the Armed and Pittsburgh bludgeoneers Code Orange have gotten critical accolades for their try-anything approaches to art-hardcore. If you’re into tricky time-signatures, there’s new records that …
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An all-star tribute concert to ailing soul icon Aretha Franklin is being planned to take place in New York City this fall. Record exec Clive Davis, who signed Franklin to his Arista Records in 1980, is leading the charge on the show, which Billboard claims could be titled “Clive Davis …
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Silicon Valley is changing its mind about censorship. Two weeks ago, we learned about a new campaign against “inauthentic” content, conducted by Facebook in consultation with Congress and the secretive think tank Atlantic Council — whose board includes an array of ex-CIA and Homeland Security officials — in the name …
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Over the last week, more than 18,000 acres of Southern California’s Cleveland National Forest have been torched and over 21,000 Riverside County residents have been evacuated from their homes as fire authorities struggle to contain what they’re calling the Holy Fire, which began in Holy Jim Canyon on Monday afternoon. …
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Cher has debuted “Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight),” the first single off her forth ABBA cover albumDancing Queen.She teased her clubby version in a video trailer for the album on Twitter on Wednesday. Produced by her longtime collaborator Mark Taylor — who was behind her massive hit “Believe” …
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Paul Simon offers a widescreen glow to “One Man’s Ceiling Is Another Man’s Floor” in his new re-recorded version of the track, which originally appeared on his 1973 LP, There Goes Rhymin’ Simon. The slowed-down, simmering track opens with chiming piano, brushed drums and finger snaps before settling into its …
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Toronto punks Dilly Dally unveiled a swelling ode to sobriety with “Sober Motel” off their upcoming albumHeaven, out September 14th. “Sober Motel” is a towering punk ballad that pulls off the classic soft-loud structure with a unique edge. The track is centered around the heavy march of drums, quivering guitar …
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